
Baingan Bharta
A whole aubergine is charred directly over a gas flame until the skin is blackened and the flesh inside is soft
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A whole aubergine is charred directly over a gas flame until the skin is blackened and the flesh inside is soft

The okra is washed, dried thoroughly and trimmed, then cut into 2 cm pieces

Aubergine cubes are salted to weep, fried hard in olive oil to deep gold, and reserved

Colombian empanadas are deep-fried half-moons in a vivid yellow-corn casing, sold by the dozen at every street stall in Bogotá and Medellín

Pita breads are torn into pieces and toasted (or fried) until crisp and crunchy

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

The Saudi take on foul medames, somewhere between the Egyptian original and the Yemeni daal-like versions

Fried green tomatoes are the South's answer to using up the last of the summer tomato patch before frost, firm unripe…

Pinto beans are soaked overnight, then simmered with onion and garlic until tender

Frijoles paisas are the slow-cooked red beans that anchor every bandeja paisa in Antioquia, a dish that's part-bean, part-pork, all-day

Split yellow moong dal (or chana dal, or a mix) is rinsed and pressure-cooked or simmered with turmeric until completely soft

A Chilean lentil stew, the kind of one-pot that turns up at any Sunday lunch through autumn and winter

Mahshi koromb is the cabbage-roll dish that anchors Egyptian Friday lunches across the country, tight bundles of rice…

Matbucha is the North African-Israeli slow-cooked tomato-and-pepper salad, a thick, jammy spread of charred peppers and…

The trotters get a hard initial boil to set the meat and start releasing gelatin; the water is changed

Long-grain rice (not basmati or jasmine, they're too slim) toasts in oil over medium heat until pale gold and nutty, 3-4 minutes